Monday, September 16th, 2013

*Geometry*

Announcements:  

1. Reminder:  First ASB meeting today at lunch in Mr. Wilcox's Room.   ASB Reps, get your lunch and then head to Mr. Wilcox's room for the meeting.  
2. Reminder:  Test on Thursday, covering Unit 1 (Chapter 1) 

Standards and Benchmarks:

1. CC.9-12.G-CO.1: Know precise definitions of angle, circle, perpendicular line, parallel line, and line segment, based on the undefined notions of point, line, distance along a line, and distance around a circular arc.
2. CC.9-12.A.SSE.1: Interpret expressions that represent a quantity in terms of its context.

Big Idea:

1. Properties of Geometric figures allow them to be understood in ways similar to algebraic expressions, and often, algebraic expressions can be used to understand/solve problems using geometric shapes.

Class Outline:

1. Attendance
2. Review of homework: g 38, #'s 3, 8, 13; Pg 39 #'s 22, 29, 30; Pg 47 #'s 1-11
3. Introduce Translations
1. Video:  Axis of Symmetry
2. Video:  Translations of Polygons
4. Class time for new homework. (Need graph paper?  Click here)

Homework: (Homework List, Click Here)

1. Page(s) 47, #'s 12-20; and Page(s) 53's 1-7
2. Begin Reviewing for Test

**Chemistry**

Announcements:  

1. Reminder:  First ASB meeting today at lunch in Mr. Wilcox's Room.   ASB Reps, get your lunch and then head to Mr. Wilcox's room for the meeting.  
2. Quiz over Scientific Method and Lab Reports on Monday!

Standards and Benchmarks:

1. EALR 2: 9-12 INQA-9-12 INQF: Scientists generate and evaluate questions to investigate the natural world.....Science is a human endeavor that involves logical reasoning and creativity and entails the testing, revision, and occasional discarding of theories as new evidence comes to light.
2. Performance Expectation: 9-12 INQA: Generate and evaluate a question that can be answered through a scientific investigation. Critique questions generated by others and explain whether or not the questions are scientific.

Big Idea:

1. Science requires methods and procedures that scientists use to obtain evidence, which must be clearly recorded and reported to enhance opportunities for further investigation.

Class Outline:

1. Attendance
2. COLLECT Technology Agreement (Click Here for Copy)
3. Enter data from experiment into online spreadsheet.  (Click Here to Access)
4. Design an Experiment: How does Soap Content Affect Water's Ability to Accumulate on a Penny?
1. Make Hypothesis
2. Write Procedures
3. Create Data Table
4. Conduct experiment
5. Gather data
6. Analyze Data  << -- Today's Focus
1. Construct a Graph of Data
7. Draw Conclusion
1. Writing a Conclusion Statement:

Homework:

1.  Review Lab Report Format Documents (Click Here)
2. Construct a DRAFT of the conclusion statement and the graph of YOUR data for the surface tension lab.  Use THIS document as a Guide. 
3. Final Lab Report will be Due Thursday.  

***Biology***

Announcements:

1. Reminder:  First ASB meeting today at lunch in Mr. Wilcox's Room.  ASB Reps, get your lunch and then head to Mr. Wilcox's room for the meeting. 
2. Quiz over Scientific Method and Lab Reports on Monday!

Standards and Benchmarks:

1. EALR 2: 9-12 INQA-9-12 INQF: Scientists generate and evaluate questions to investigate the natural world.....Science is a human endeavor that involves logical reasoning and creativity and entails the testing, revision, and occasional discarding of theories as new evidence comes to light.

Big Idea(s):

1. How should an experiment be designed?
2. What are appropriate methods for collecting and recording data?

Class Outline:

1. Attendance
2. COLLECT Technology Agreement (Click Here for Copy)
3. Design an Experiment: How does Soap Content Affect Water's Ability to Accumulate on a Penny?
1. Make Hypothesis
2. Write Procedures
3. Create Data Table
4. Conduct experiment
5. Gather data   
6. Analyze Data
7. Draw Conclusion

Homework:

1. Create a Graph of YOUR data from the Surface Tension Activity.
2. Construct a draft of your Procedures for the Surface Tension Activity. 

****Life Science****

Announcements:  

1. Reminder:  First ASB meeting today at lunch in Mr. Wilcox's Room.   ASB Reps, get your lunch and then head to Mr. Wilcox's room for the meeting.  

Standards and Benchmarks:

1. EALR 2: 6-8 INQA-INQI: Scientific inquiry involves asking and answering questions and comparing the answer with what scientists already know about the world.... Scientists and engineers have ethical codes governing animal experiments research in natural ecosystems and studies that involve human subjects.

Big Idea:

1. What is science/what is the scientific method? What role do experiments play in science?
2. What are proper methods for collecting data?
3. How can data lead us to conclusions?

Class Outline:

1. Attendance
2. Review Surface Tension/Soap/Penny Activity
1. Design an Experiment: How does Soap Content Affect Water's Ability to Accumulate on a Penny?
1. Make Hypothesis
2. Write Procedures
3. Create Data Table
4. Conduct experiment
5. Gather data
6. Analyze Data - (Click Here to access the spreadsheet.)
7. Draw Conclusion
3. Review Graphing of Data
1. Independent and Dependent Variables Location
2. Proper Scales
3. Legend
4. Review Conclusion Statements
1. Fifteen Minutes to work on Draft Conclusion Statements. 
5. Putting it all together
1. Final Lab Reports
1. Example Lab Report
2. Lab Report Rubric

Homework:

1. Construct DRAFT of: 
1. Graph of YOUR data from activity.  (Due tomorrow)
2. Conclusion Statement:  (Due tomorrow)
3. Procedures (Due Wednesday)

****Trigonometry****

Announcements:  

1. Reminder:  First ASB meeting today at lunch in Mr. Wilcox's Room.   ASB Reps, get your lunch and then head to Mr. Wilcox's room for the meeting.  

Standards and Benchmarks:

1. CCSS-GSRT.1
1. Understand that by similarity, side ratios in right triangles are properties of the angles in the triangle, leading to definitions of trigonometric ratios for acute triangles
2. CCSS-GSRT.6
1. Understand that by similarity, side ratios in right triangles are properties of the angles in the triangles, leading to definitions of trigonometric ratios.
3. CCSS-GSRT.7
1. Explain and use the relationship between sine and cosine of complementary angles.
4. CSS-GSRT.8
1. Use trigonometric ratios and the Pythagorean Theorem to solve right triangles in applied problems.

Big Idea:

1. Triangles are geometric shapes which have special properties identified through trigonometric relationships.

Class Outline:

1. Attendance
2. Classwork Homework: PACE 1133, Pages 36-39. (Trigonometric Identities)

Homework:

1. None.